Cubic yard
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| Cubic yard | |
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| General information | |
| Unit system | Imperial and US customary |
| Unit of | Volume |
| Symbol | yd3, cu yd |
| Conversions | |
| 1 yd3 in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| SI units | 0.764554857984 m3 |
| Imperial and US customary | 27 ft3 |
A cubic yard (symbol yd3)[1] is an imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.
Symbols and abbreviations
[edit]The IEEE symbol for the cubic yard is yd3.[1] A non-standard abbreviation is cu yd.
Cubic yard per second
[edit]One cubic yard per second (1 yd3/s) is a unit of volume flow rate. It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every second.
Cubic yard per minute
[edit]One cubic yard per minute (1 yd3/min) is a unit of volume flow rate. It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every minute.
- 1 yd3/s = 60 yd3/min
Conversions
[edit]| 1 cubic yard |
| ≡ 27 cubic feet |
| ≡ 46656 cubic inches |
| ≡ 764.554857984 litres |
| ≈ 21.0223197 imperial bushels |
| ≡ 21+74859/107521 US bushels |
| ≈ 168.1785574 imperial gallons |
| ≡ 201+75/77 US gallons |
| ≡ 4+436/539 oil barrels |
See also
[edit]- cubic foot
- cubic inch
- Square yard
- Orders of magnitude (volume)
- Conversion of units
- Cube (arithmetic), cube root